Received: from mail-vb0-f62.google.com ([209.85.212.62]:37545) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UXZIe-00008g-0w; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:36 -0700 Received: by mail-vb0-f62.google.com with SMTP id i3sf539206vbh.7 for ; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:received-spf:mime-version :x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=38y6HBckZM+v3muj8+sTAq5TQVdDjcd5bVy0rRvi6Tg=; b=D8kFCTOMRtRL+HLZRQ2PZN1XyUUbFgHZ00n39FYyHqdJDlGeHPoQEFvOudWGsSafnb mBNIWDapYmSpWNtbuntpyoQQPdLL8nYedq4E7XIEdU7Rnm4wFHEzqcT0uLAbfr8wr1sM 84sHOLmgmtKnVmE7SEvvSxdOky7wFE2jfb9qE2DbSjRTNYCrwRrRM7HU9DQgaRjXXKf7 NrjxFymTGN9u0rIL8s6ygDfswdPL4JWi4ic2abCbsKHzw+tzHPSkjbbopNBtU+SzBT3I rGhfKcsryZbTYm7hstIFEaY/OcPBfN3jE4qvqpAQOcibmM7abKg1vGa3URdMKAU/wcVp aE3Q== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:received-spf:mime-version :x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=38y6HBckZM+v3muj8+sTAq5TQVdDjcd5bVy0rRvi6Tg=; b=NZs1xtU9qC0uq2aLJD3UGwdUKct7qlx0guSHx9k2X0ajekiMUgxJux1FcbNxsIiSV/ eEaEGKytZACSGzZJBfNUnAlllH69z6GsE28n1ULiMvJLHQZBFL1FhxmvfATmMRSMeULm ifRKssuIl82pnFTo8ItMHPt999ZQrFSqYphsY2LYOCBQgTiRtWegBo7ZNPDepp0VliLr KBGX5xBk1xgOYMUVwZahjK+d1UWhkGRDS7KdjyZuHoqMxyz5vmsUa3pfgVOD0YRNR6Bc zaSGCReIb5V6WxG/dSLrySwTm/3TaiNo93Ib0bqJ89NXcCAQKrkR4nXlhMP8zb9AiP8H CoFw== X-Received: by 10.49.72.130 with SMTP id d2mr216841qev.42.1367423425581; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:25 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.49.94.44 with SMTP id cz12ls774761qeb.67.gmail; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.58.240.167 with SMTP id wb7mr2416517vec.30.1367423421493; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vb0-x233.google.com (mail-vb0-x233.google.com [2607:f8b0:400c:c02::233]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i16si199052vdg.2.2013.05.01.08.50.21 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:400c:c02::233 as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:400c:c02::233; Received: by mail-vb0-x233.google.com with SMTP id x16so1349668vbf.10 for ; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.59.11.199 with SMTP id ek7mr1011584ved.19.1367423421417; Wed, 01 May 2013 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.220.3 with HTTP; Wed, 1 May 2013 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <3628787.k2TgisVrPR@caracal> <2a49f86a-cd6c-45ed-ad45-3c61b20fedff@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 12:50:21 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Mixing tenses From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:400c:c02::233 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jjllambias@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bd6b1564aba5904dbaa13c9 X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.1 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 3333 --047d7bd6b1564aba5904dbaa13c9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Ian Johnson wrote: > While this parses, it's...philosophically subtle at best. I think of {mi} > and {do} as being temporally nonlocal, which means you can't restrict their > *referent* by specifying a time, since they "exist in many times in the > first place. I think if you want to specify a time it should be the time of > an event, which is why I suggested the version that I did above. Similar > issues ensue with the {me} version. > As you say, that's more a philosophical issue than a linguistic one. Presumably you would have the same type of objections to English expresions like "my old self", "the new me", "you as a teenager", and so on. mu'o mi'e xorxes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. 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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.= com> wrote:
While this parses, it&= #39;s...philosophically subtle at best. I think of {mi} and {do} as being t= emporally nonlocal, which means you can't restrict their referent by specifying a time, since they "exist in many times in the first p= lace. I think if you want to specify a time it should be the time of an eve= nt, which is why I suggested the version that I did above. Similar issues e= nsue with the {me} version.

As you say, that's m= ore a philosophical issue than a linguistic one. Presumably you would have = the same type of objections to English expresions like "my old self&qu= ot;, "the new me", =A0"you as a teenager", and so on.

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